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During a storm, Frannie Oliveri arrives home to discover her home invaded and her cousin Suzanne’s baby abandoned inside. But Suzanne is missing and when her live-in lover is found murdered, she becomes the prime suspect.

“An Eye for an Eye” “A Tooth for a Tooth” “Let a Thousand Vampires Bleed” “In our Crime Scene World” “Of Better Days Gone By” “Hiroshima, Mon Amour” “Is Hammurabi’s Code”

As life begins to unravel, Joan begins to reflect on questions that plague us all. While on a weekend retreat, she admits to herself that her financial and professional success hasn’t brought her the fulfillment she expected, and that her life is empty at the core. And so she begins—however tentatively—to ask the existential questions with which all seekers eventually come face to face. Through her correspondence with the fascinating and wise Brother Theodore, Joan gains a new perspective on success and fulfillment.